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[Angela M. Vázquez made 🦠their whole personality @AngelaMSWinCA]

Of course they have a quota. Mega corps are making money trafficking people into private-equity funded detention centers that make money off billing the govt & pocketing everything meant for their care. Same model as mental institutions.

[Joaquin Castro @JoaquinCastrotx]

ICE has a quota system. That’s why agents are pulling people off the streets regardless of whether they’re a US citizen, five year old child, freezing elderly man, local police officer, etc. Those masked, unidentified agents get credit for each person they throw into the van.

It’s a become a lawless bounty hunter agency that operates beyond the law. It should be disbanded and Noem should be impeached.

[Paco is a Second-Round Duck! 🦆🏒 @PacoTorresCA]

Nearly all of these are policy ideas that Republicans in CA advocate for. Those proposals would meaningfully reduce access to the ballot for lawfully registered California voters, and disproportionately affect voters from communities of color.

[Caroline Lewis @clewisreports]

Scoop: Mount Sinai is calling up parents of trans patients who received care there as minors to say they are sharing their medical records with the Trump admin. But Mount Sinai won’t confirm the existence of a federal subpoena. W/ @giuliaheyward

https://t.co/3RMJ4DHqhq

[Adrianna McIntyre (@adrianna.bsky.social) @onceuponA]

Was glad to have the chance to join @selenasd on All Things Considered yesterday to chat about the new work requirements regulation, which is will dial up paperwork — and, as a result, coverage losses — for some of the most vulnerable Medicaid enrollees

https://t.co/RRCI5fzgnN

[Angela M. Vázquez made 🦠their whole personality @AngelaMSWinCA]

@sunsopeningband Infections, even minor ones, can have big consequences

[Angela M. Vázquez made 🦠their whole personality @AngelaMSWinCA]

@sunsopeningband If you can’t connect the issues, think connective tissues

[ProPublica @propublica]

New: Porsha Ngumezi and Nevaeh Crain died during miscarriages in Texas after doctors delayed treatment. The state’s medical board has ruled that substandard care led to the deaths, but the doctors were given minimal punishment. https://t.co/XUKpd4wU82

[Todd Davenport @sunsopeningband]

Interesting how my physician colleagues on here will complain about the corporatization of medicine that robs time, detail, and trust from the doctor-patient relationship and then also complain about patients with chronic diseases filling those gaps with online peer support.

[PBS News @NewsHour]

There's a new COVID variant in town. It's called "Cicada," and experts in the U.S. are on alert as it gains traction.

The official name of the variant is BA.3.2. It first appeared in 2024 in South Africa and was identified in the U.S. in the summer of 2025. It went dormant, much like its namesake insect, before resurfacing again in the U.S. around the new year.

"Cicada" is part of the omicron family, so it is similar to other recent variants. But it has a lot of mutations, making it harder for previous versions of the COVID vaccine to keep up against infection.

In Europe, this variant is behind about 30% of recent COVID-19 infections. In the U.S., it makes up a small number of known infections right now, but home testing and less stringent tracking by public health authorities makes it hard to track.

Cicada had been detected in 25 different states in the U.S. as of Feb. 11, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

It’s too early to tell who might be most affected by this variant or how severe its symptoms are. Scientists interviewed by our friends at PolitiFact said, so far, "Cicada" seems to be mimicking other recent variants. Some early lab tests indicate it may be less transmissible, though more research is needed.

Current vaccines are still a good safeguard against severe illness, though protection against infection may be more limited compared to other recent strains. If cicada becomes more widespread, the variant may be able to sneak past immunity from previous infections and vaccines.

Home COVID-19 tests should be able to detect this variant. People who are immunocompromised and older adults should consider whether they need a vaccine booster, federal health authorities suggest.

[k @alfkkifine]

ICE detained a dialysis patient the morning of her treatment.
She died 36 hours later in a detention infirmary.
They logged it as "natural causes."
When policy kills, call it what it is.

[Hannah Dreier @hannahdreier]

ICE is arresting domestic violence survivors when they go to the courthouse to testify against their abusers. https://t.co/WtKXDyPwK4

[Los Angeles Public Press @LAPublicPress]

LA Officials race to recruit bilingual election workers ahead of primary elections

LA County election officials especially urge residents who speak Japanese, Thai, Korean, and Khmer to become election workers ahead of the June primary.
https://t.co/zdcaEq9jBO

[Karen Bass' Deleted Texts @BornToChill]

This is reason enough to support Rae. None of the other candidates are this unequivocal about their stance on the largest gang in the City

[Covie @covie_93]

The death of a blind refugee left at a doughnut shop on a winter night by border patrol agents without notifying his family, has been ruled a homicide.

Arrest them all.

[Los Angeles Public Press @LAPublicPress]

Starting today, some immigrants will lose public food assistance benefits.
The loss of public food assistance benefits applies to certain non-citizens, including, asylees, refugees, and victims of trafficking.
https://t.co/72IaBywVNZ

[Mother Jones @MotherJones]

Punished for protesting, talking to the press, having a toothache: More Dilley horror stories https://t.co/UEf3NJHdF8

[Angela M. Vázquez made 🦠their whole personality @AngelaMSWinCA]

@ahandvanish @loscharlos Mine is tomorrow and I’m in the worst crash since 2022. Solidarity, friend. 🖤

[Mica Rosenberg @micarosenberg]

NEW: For the first time, ProPublica has been able to quantify how many U.S. citizen children have been directly affected by Trump’s immigration crackdown: more than 11,000 kids had a parent detained — and that’s an undercount. 1/ 🧵
https://t.co/tE6pdG0h2l

[Shelby Grad @shelbygrad]

‘We’re Just Seen as Sex Objects’: Dolores Huerta’s Years in the U.F.W. https://t.co/IdzWBZu41c

[L.A. TACO🌴🌮 @LATACO]

Civil Rights icon, @doloreshuerta, made a brave move today, revealing a secret she had been holding for 60 years for the sake of the Farm Workers movement.

You can read her letter here: https://t.co/WVjjbrXrvU